A Georgia sheriff pleaded guilty Monday to groping TV Judge Glenda Hatchett, who recalled being so stunned that she froze when the lawman grabbed and squeezed her breast at a hotel bar last year during a law enforcement conference.
A Georgia sheriff pleaded guilty Monday to groping TV Judge Glenda Hatchett, who recalled being so stunned that she froze when the lawman grabbed and squeezed her breast at a hotel bar last year during a law enforcement conference.
I dunno, I’ve been pretty fuckin’ hammered before and nothing like this has ever crossed my mind. I’d be more likely to lose my balance and accidentally grab her tit whilst stumbling for support. I think I just need to accept that there are limits to my ability to understand others.
Alcohol lowers people’s inhibitions, so basically they are more likely to do things they want to do but their internal “supervisor” doesn’t let them do normallly.
In other words, it lets out people’s true selves.
This is why often “nice people” turn out out violent when drunk.
All this to say that deep down you’re almost certainly not the kind of person this guy is.
That’s a misunderstanding of how alcohol affects the mind. Alcohol does lower inhibitions, but that’s not the same as revealing your “true self.” The part of your mind that inhibits your baser instincts is very much a part of your “self.” It’s therefore incorrect to say that subtraction of this element of your personality reveals your “true self.” All of us would likely do despicable things if left to our baser instincts. The part of our mind that regulates those instincts is very much a critical part of us. I’m not defending what the guy did, but if he did it under the influence of alcohol, that simply serves to explain his actions, not reveal some secret truth about his essential character. The man has issues, clearly, and needs to address them, but that’s no reason to label him an inherent degenerate. Such labeling only reveals your own tendency to oversimplify people and dismiss the complexity of the human mind.
Yeah, you’re right.
I was being judgy and far from scientific when I wrote “true self”, probably because one of my grandfathers was a violent drunk so I do need to make an effort to be objective on this, and I didn’t.
Your ability to take criticism and change your view is to your credit, and a rarity on social platforms like this. I appreciate that. We all make mistakes. I’ve certainly written things online that I regret in hindsight. We’re cool. Thanks for being reasonable. 👍